Category: Forecast

Summary: Light showers have spread down to a Monterey/Modesto/Yosemite line.  The main area of cold low pressure is centered roughly 200 miles west of the California/Oregon border.  This storm is forecast to sink southward, centering just west of the Bay Area early Monday morning.  it appears most, if not all, of the precipitation will remain…

March 14, 2020 Summary: A cold low with its origins in the eastern Gulf of Alaska has moved southward to a position off the southern Oregon coast.  The latest balloon sounding over Oakland indicated the freezing level had already dropped down to 5,000 feet as much colder air aloft is already moving over northern and…

March 13, 2020 Summary: The storm that brought copious amounts of precipitation to southern California has finally accelerated eastward into Arizona.  Only lingering showers are showing up over the mountains of southern California with central California being completely rain free.   We have an intensifying low pressure system just west of the Oregon coast.  This…

March 13, 2020 Summary: The northern limit of the cloud shield from that same low pressure system which is finally moving through southern California is as far north as Fresno County.  Light showers penetrated the Kern County portion of the valley overnight.  However, doppler radar indicates the precipitation shield is diminishing over the Kern  County…

March 12, 2020 Summary: Precipitation is widespread over southern California this afternoon.  Heavy precipitation is currently affecting the Los Angeles basin.  Isolated thunderstorms are embedded within this batch of moisture.  Showers have spread over the Kern County mountains, however the counter clockwise circulation around the low, which is now west of San Diego, is running…

March 12, 2020 Summary: We will still have to deal with a low pressure system located off the southern  California coast through tonight, at least over Kern County.  The center of circulation of this storm is just southwest of Los Angeles this morning.  the counter clockwise circulation around the low is transporting another surge of…

March 11, 2020 Summary: It is most unusual for Fresno and Bakersfield to have almost the same amount of rain, especially this late in the rainfall season.  Currently, the Fresno Air Terminal has recorded 3.65 since October 1 while Bakersfield has recorded 3.50 after the heavy rain recorded yesterday.  That’s indicative of this rainfall season…

March 11, 2020 Summary: Showers and isolated thunderstorms overnight dropped significant amounts of precipitation over Kern County with considerably less further north.  Several locations eclipsed the .50 mark.  Individual rainfall amounts are shown below in the rainfall section.   The center of circulation of the low is just off shore from Vandenberg this morning.  the…

March 10, 2020 Summary: As of 1:00pm, radar was pretty quiet over the valley floor.  However, numerous showers and thunderstorms were moving through Santa Barbara and southern San Luis Obispo Counties.  Widespread shower and isolated thunderstorm activity continue over southern California with the heaviest activity over the Imperial Valley and southward through northern Baja.  The…

March 10, 2020 Summary: The center of circulation of a large and warm low pressure system is roughly 250 miles to the west of Vandenberg.  Showers spread rapidly over southern California overnight.  Showers are now spilling over the Kern County mountains and into the Kern County  portion of the valley floor.  They will continue to…